Making a two tone Pantone file.. 1

[theAntic]

Hello!

I'm trying to create a letterhead in Illustrator (logo at the top of an 8.5x11, with an address, etc, on the bottom), but don't know Illustrator all that well. So, I built the logo in Photoshop using its Pantone library, saved the logo as a TIF, and imported that into Illustrator. Now I have to make sure the PANTONE colors from Photoshop are matching in Illustrator so that the printers get only a total of two Pantone colors in the AI file..

One difference I noticed between the PANTONE names in Photoshop vs Illustrator: PANTONE 7463 in Photoshop has a "C" at the end, while PANTONE 7463 in Illustrator has a "U" (which I had to find in the PANTONE Uncoated Library, vs the Coated and Process Libraries - it doesn't exist in those). I think this makes a difference.. does it? AND, if it does, how do I make sure I'm getting the same PANTONE from Photoshop into Illustrator?

I really need some help on this one. Thanks!

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- theAntic

 

[Matzki]

To my knowlege you cannot save a file containg spot colors as a .tif file. If you are then your pantone color is being converted. If your impoted PS file actually has pantone info. in it, you should get a swatch that same color in your swatch pallette, otherwise your working with primary or process colors.

 

[theAntic]

Matzki,

So, is there a file type that preserves this PANTONE info, or do I need to recreate my logo in Illustrator?

Thank you!

- theAntic

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[Matzki]

Either re-create or save file as .eps in duotone. monotone. etc. mode or DCS 2.0. Re-creating in Illustrator would probably be best but remember that you can name colors whatever you want. As long as they are named the same, they should seperate on the same plates even if they do not look the same.

 

[theAntic]

Thanks! This really helped.

- theAntic

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